The Burning Wild Man,[2] known in Japanese as Moeru! Onii-san (燃える! お兄さん, Burning Older Brother) is a manga created by Tadashi Satō. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1987 to 1991 with its chapters collected in 19 tankōbon volumes. It was later adapted into an anime series by Studio Pierrot. The 24 episode series aired on Nippon Television from March 1988 to September 1988.[2]
Kenichi Kokuho[2] (国宝ケンイチ, Kokuhō Ken'ichi) became lost in the mountains as a small child. A foster father raised Kenichi; when Kenichi was 15 the foster father told Kenichi about his background and the teenager returned to the civilized world at age 15.
Characters
Kokuhō Family
Kenichi Kokuhō (国宝 憲一, Kokuhou Kenichi)Voiced by: Kazuki Yao
a.k.a. Onii-san (お兄さん, big brother). The main character and a practitioner of Cha Genmai Style Karate.
A school delinquent and third generation yakuza of the Hidou Boryokudan Group. He is always depicted with his mouth open in an evil smile. He likes Yukie.
Im 1989, Toho released an action video game adaptation of the anime for the Famicom, developed by Advance Communication Company. The game starred Kenichi as the main character, while featuring Hidou, Rocky, and Shiranui as playable characters in some levels. The goal of the game is to rescue Yukie from a dragon simply named Dra Gon.
The game was re-branded with a circus theme and released in North America under the name Circus Caper, also published by Toho. The RPG element with the final boss was removed, the stages and bosses are in different order, and many graphical and musical changes were made to better resemble a circus theme.
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